Women's Rowing Hosts Cornell

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The No. 19 Syracuse women's rowing team will host No. 17 Cornell for a scrimmage on Saturday, March 29 in its only home event of the season. The Big Red will travel to the James A. Ten Eyck Memorial Boathouse to go head-to-head with the Orange, beginning at 9 a.m.

Scrimmage Format
The varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four boats will being their rolling start pieces at 9:30 a.m. This portion of the matchup will last until 10:10 a.m.

From 10:20-10:58 a.m., the second varsity four and third varsity eight boats will race their rolling start pieces.

After a break in the scrimmage, the teams will head back to the water to begin the afternoon portion of the scrimmage. Races during this portion will include the first 500m with racing start, base 500m with rolling start and final 500m with sprint sequence, rolling start. Afternoon competition will begin at 2 p.m. and last about 30 minutes.

Orange Ranked 19th
The No. 19 ranking in the CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll matches the Orange's highest ranking since 2006. Head Coach Justin Moore's team was also 19th at the end of last season when it won two bronzes and three silvers in the final BIG EAST Championship.

Welcome to the ACC
The strength and depth of the new ACC was on display in the season's first coaches' poll with five crews ranking in the top 20 (No. 3 Virginia, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 18 Clemson, No. 19 Syracuse and No. 20 Duke). Another of the top 20, No. 16 Louisville, will join the conference for next season. The ACC's five ranked teams trailed only the Pac-12 (6) and tied the Ivy League.

Last Time Out
Syracuse women's rowing began its 2014 season in strong fashion on March 15 at Clemson, recording victories in the varsity four and second varsity eight and finishing a close second in the varsity eight.

"To take two of three of the NCAA class boat races is very encouraging for the team," head coach Justin Moore said. "It is definitely a different script from previous years. Our team depth is being built and it's really starting to show."

Racing against crews from the host Tigers, Boston University and Eastern Michigan in the first and second varsity eights, the Orange took second with its first varsity boat and third with its second varsity. Clemson took first in the day's top event by 2.1 seconds, overtaking the Orange, coxed by Katherine Isaza in the final 500 meters of the race after SU battled back from the start to take the lead at the 1,000-meter mark. The Orange 2V8 finished 10.2 seconds off the winning time, ahead of the Tiger's 2V8 by 2.9 ticks, and well ahead of two BU lightweight crews and EMU's V8.

Up Next
The Orange is back in action next weekend as it heads to Boston to begin its cup season. On Saturday, March 5, SU will take to the Charles River to defend the Orange Challenge Cup against Northeastern and Penn.

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